File:William Thurston Topham - Opening of the Somme Bombardment.jpg
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[edit]William Thurston Topham: Opening of the Somme Bombardment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Opening of the Somme Bombardment label QS:Len,"Opening of the Somme Bombardment" |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | landscape painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: The start of the Somme bombardment as seen from a roadside gun battery, 24 June 1916. The bombardment lasted a week and was intended to obliterate German defences and defenders. The artist, William Topham, depicts high explosive shells and white shrapnel bursts over the enemy lines, and provides a detailed description of his location. At this stage in the bombardment, the terrain, consisting mostly of farmers’ fields, remains relatively unscathed. |
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Date | 24 June 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | watercolor paint and graphite on board | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 9.5 cm (3.7 in) ; width: 28.2 cm (11.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+9.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+28.2U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1032442 |
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Accession number |
19710261-0728 (Canadian War Museum) |
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Inscriptions |
Opening of the Somme Bombardment seen from the Albert-Bray Roadside
This sketch was made a few yards from our battery position on the Albert - Braye way side.; This sketch damaged through being sent to England in a friend's haversack edge of set in which we had two guns T.T.; CAPTIVE HUN OBSERVATION BALLOON
BECOURT WOOD
GUN POSITIONS IN DUGOUT
H.E. SHELLS BURSTING IN TRENCHES
FRONT LINE TRENCHES SHEWING WHITE
THE WHITE PUFFS ARE SHRAPNEL
FRICOURT VILLAGE LIES BEHIND THE FIRST TREETOP RIDGE
MAMETZ ON THE FAR HILLSIDE
VILLAGE OF BÉCIRDEK-BÉCOURT
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References | https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1015787 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1015787 |
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17:52, 9 June 2011 | 2,800 × 1,483 (389 KB) | Labattblueboy (talk | contribs) | {{Artwork |Title = {{en|1=''Opening of the Somme Bombardment''}} |Technique = {{technique|watercolour|over=graphite|paper over cardboard}} |Dimensions = {{size|cm|height=9.5|width=28.2}} |Location = Beaverbrook Collection of War A |
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Camera model | Expr1640XL |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer 6.1.7600.16385 |
File change date and time | 10:46, 10 April 2012 |
Date and time of digitizing | 14:29, 12 December 2007 |
IIM version | 2 |